"Sturm is UFA at end of this season. $3.5M cap hit. He is 2-3 weeks away from playing. Thrilled to land in LA. Waived his NTC to go there."

I'm not shocked Dean Lombardi worked in San Jose. It's a good fit LA is floundering right now Marco has a half a year to get a 1 year contract done somewhere. Chiarelli gave him 3 teams that were interested in him Marco chose the west coast again.

Great move they can get back to playing hockey and stop worrying about who is going to be traded. This also will open up room for a nice addition at the trade deadline, assuming we get a pick or prospect back

I know I would want to only give up something conditional if I were in LA, given Sturm's injury recovery.Posted by Fletcher1

Makes all the sense in the world Fletch Dean Lombardi is not dumb. This is just like the Morris trade last year if Marco re-signs (I'll be rooting for that when I go to Kings games in the near future) with LA the pick gets better Go Marco Go lets see that Goal Face!

Shocker! I wonder if there is one more to come? Not that it is needed now.... but the defense is slow...( notice no mention of the acronym!) LA's conditional draft pick is inconsequential but certainly nice.